Maximum diving depth in fledging blue-footed boobies: Skill development and transition to independence

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 527-531

  Castillo Guerrero, José Alfredo ^a   Mellink, Eric ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FLEDGING; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE; PARENTAL CARE; SEABIRD;

ISLA EL RANCHO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SINALOA;

SULA NEBOUXII; SULIDAE;

EID: 34249062066     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/05-088.1     Document Type: Article

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